| Administrator: | Test and County Cricket Board |
| Cricket Format: | Limited overs cricket (60 overs per innings) |
| Tournament Format: | Knockout |
| Champions: | Lancashire |
| Count: | 2 |
| Participants: | 22 |
| Matches: | 21 |
| Most Runs: | 332 – Clive Lloyd (Lancashire) |
| Most Wickets: | 11 – John Shepherd (Kent) |
| Previous Year: | 1970 |
| Previous Tournament: | 1970 Gillette Cup |
| Next Year: | 1972 |
| Next Tournament: | 1972 Gillette Cup |
The 1971 Gillette Cup was the ninth Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 15 May and 4 September 1971.[1] The tournament was won by Lancashire who defeated Kent by 24 runs in the final at Lord's.
The 17 first-class counties were joined by five Minor Counties: Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Lincolnshire, Northumberland and Staffordshire. Teams who won in the first round progressed to the second round. The winners in the second round then progressed to the quarter-final stage. Winners from the quarter-finals then progressed to the semi-finals from which the winners then went on to the final at Lord's which was held on 4 September 1971.
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